1. Israel ’s Government (stage #4) Yahweh Law Supreme Court (priests & shoter) City 1 City 2 City 3 shoterim shoterim shoterim sarim sarim sarim

2. F. A. Hayek : “ There is probably no single factor which has contributed more to the prosperity of the West than the relative certainty of the law which has prevailed here .” Thomas Sowell : “ Someone who is going to work for many years to have his own home wants some fairly rigid assurance that the house will in fact belong to him – that he cannot be dispossessed by someone who is physically stronger, better armed, or more ruthless, or who is deemed more `worthy’ by political authorities. Rigid assurances are needed that changing fashions, mores, and power relationships will not suddenly deprive him of his property, his children, or his life .”

3. “ The Senators and Representatives before mentioned, and the members of the several state legislatures, and all executive and judicial officers, both of the United States and of the several states, shall be bound by oath or affirmation, to support this Constitution; but no religious test shall ever be required as a qualification to any office or public trust in the United States .” US Constitution, Article VI, Section 3

4. 1. End religious instruction in the schools and pressure teachers to refuse the teaching of religion in the classroom. 2. Veto of religious textbooks for the school system. 3. Replace traditional Christianity with “German faith.” 4. Arrest pastors who attempted to teach the political implications of the Christian faith.

5. “ We have no more thought of using our own powers to escape the arm of the authorities than had the Apostles of old. No more are we ready to keep silent at man’s behest when God commands us to speak. For it is, and must remain, the case that we must obey God rather than man .” Martin Niemoeller

6. “ The church has by order of its Master to see to it that in our people Christ is given the honor that is proper to the Judge of the world. . . .The First Commandment says, ‘Thou shalt have no other gods before me.’ The new religion is a rejection of the First Commandment.” Proclamation of the C. C.

7. CIVIL GOVERNMENT “ Whoever sheds man’s blood, by man his blood will be shed; for in the image of God He made man. ” Gen. 9:6